Dakota Ridge Trail – February 2021

  For their upcoming spring issue featuring the GenXYZ Most Influential Young Professionals competition, ColoradoBiz Magazine posed a question to me. “What is your favorite thing to do in Colorado?” My answer? “Long, fairly easy hikes with my long and fairly easy dachshund Max!” As I’ve been preparing to introduce video as a new offering…

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Great Frontier

Cheers! Today marks my one year anniversary of working at Great Frontier Brewing Company! To celebrate, I thought it appropriate to dig up the photos that I had taken of this fine Colorado craft brewery back in June of 2019.  One slow shift, I busted out my “real” camera and had some fun.  Cropping and…

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Saying “Yes!” to All the Adventures

Saying “Yes!” to All the Adventures…and Afterwards 2017 Freshly divorced, I started off 2017 feeling like the whole world was in front of me.  Since 1999, I hadn’t made many decisions where I put myself first.  Now, forced to move forward solo, I had to be selfish and focus on myself.  In my new one-bedroom…

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Leads Group 7 – Why I Love Being a Member

Leads Group 7 – Why I Love Being a Member   Everything happened so quickly. Moving here, attending a Leads Group 7 meeting as a guest, joining the Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce, and becoming a Leads Group 7 member. I’ll back up and give the short of it. I’ve lived in the St. Louis area my…

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Valentine’s Day at Veldkamp’s Flowers and Gifts

Valentine’s Day at Veldkamp’s     After receiving my beautiful flowers from Veldkamp’s last week, I HAD to visit their shop.  And what better day to visit than the day before Valentine’s Day?!   Valentine’s Day Hours at Veldkamp’s     Yes, they’re open 8AM-8PM today and tomorrow…which is Valentine’s Day!  A full 12 hours…

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Dog Sledding

Dog Sledding   When our friends Brian and Amy came to visit us in Golden last month for a Colorado Beercation, they wanted to experience an outdoor adventure during their trip.  Something that they had never done before.  Something that they couldn’t experience back home in Tulsa. The mountains of Colorado are exploding with winter activities.…

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How The Veldkamps Say Thanks

How The Veldkamps Say Thanks     So, y’all remember my Hottie McHotterson engagement models John and Lindsey, right?  These two lovelies, of Veldkamp Engagement and Veldkamp Snow Session fame?     Well, last night I visited them to catch up and chat about wedding plans, house stuff, and the doggies (of Veldkamp Snow Session fame…

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Colorado Beercation List

Colorado Beercation List (Sweet Green Photography’s suggestions for food, brews, drives, and sights for a seven-day vacation that starts in Denver, Colorado)     Colorado Beercation List   In my Colorado Beercation post, I wrote about all of the food we ate, sights we saw, and breweries we drank at during the week that my friends…

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